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[Q] Why is my flashlight/camera flash blueish?

For some reason my camera flash and my torch app is very blue looking. For a very split second when you first turn on the flash it looks proper white and then it dims down and looks a lot more blue. almost like the flash is being made of blue/yellow. which gives my pictures a very strange look. Any idea how to fix this?
Running CM 7.1

Must be a hardware issue, can't imagine your rom being able to affect that (check with other rom's to be sure).
Take a picture of a white piece of paper so we can see.
I'd go with a warranty repair/replace if it was noticeably bad.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

So this is what it looks like...
I just flashed latest cm nightly 183 and same problem.
The thing I find strange is that for a very quick time the light is bright and white and then dims down and turns a blueish tint

Try a sense-based ROM and MIUI.
But That must be a hardware issue.

Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A

Just flashed stock ruu and same issue so I'll try and take it in for a warranty and see what happens

Definitely a hardware problem.
Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt

They sent it away for a harware fix under warranty.
Plus I got a desire hd because my contract was almost up so 3 year pricing on that

Screen Flicker - Response from HTC

I have had my One X since last week on O2, I have noticed the screen flicker on full brightness. So I decided to contact HTC about this and they told me that there must be a problem with my device and to send it back to O2 and get a new one.
If that true then the new 1.28 OTA will not fix the problems that we myte have and it’s a hardware fault 

What do you class as a flicker? I notice my screen dimming and brightening fairly regularly under artificial light. Is your flickering more regularly?

fletchem said:
What do you class as a flicker? I notice my screen dimming and brightening fairly regularly under artificial light. Is your flickering more regularly?
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Its more like a light strobe effect

You are right. Go and return it for a new one... HTC told me the same!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA

I'm the same.
Had an undranded One X from phones for you with terrible screen flicker.
I phoned HTC and they said it was def not normal or something that could be fixed with a software update.
I'm just back from exchanging it for a new one and this one is flicker free.

seems there are different types of screen flickers...
i experienced once something like a bad analog tv reception on a very small rectangular portion in the upper left corner when using the browser. you couldn't figure out what was "underneath" it.
it disappeared the same way it appeared...out of the blue

Hi, guys. What do you mean by screen flicker? Im finding that with mine on full brightness it appears as if the backlight part is flickering. Is this what you guys have had? thanks

jsmith_00 said:
I have had my One X since last week on O2, I have noticed the screen flicker on full brightness. So I decided to contact HTC about this and they told me that there must be a problem with my device and to send it back to O2 and get a new one.
If that true then the new 1.28 OTA will not fix the problems that we myte have and it’s a hardware fault 
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When you say screen flicker is this happening all the time? I mean are you talking on the home screen and in apps or just when things are loading etc...?

zerozoneice said:
seems there are different types of screen flickers...
i experienced once something like a bad analog tv reception on a very small rectangular portion in the upper left corner when using the browser. you couldn't figure out what was "underneath" it.
it disappeared the same way it appeared...out of the blue
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this is not a flicker this one is the browser glitch
silly game HTC is making us play really....more n more i realize i was stupid not to keep the grey that was running perfectly

I just can't see how it can be hardware...
Mine is flickering at times too.It seems like just about every device that is out there is doing it. I still think its software based, and probably a setting to do with the LCD display. If its hardware then HTC are going to run out of phones...

it's what is being discussed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592157
and HTC CS said the same to me, do a DOA. So I don't think it's software related. Those responsible at HTC should have let their employees know by now if it was SF related, so there's no indications it is so.

Thinking back to when my MacBook had a flickering problem a few years back and when I remember a Dell laptop at work having had an issue before too; I am sure Apple/Dell simply released firmware updates to fix the problem as it was an update that had caused the problem.
Surely something similar can/will be done with the HTC? Maybe its not happening on all devices and is inconsistant so HTC are telling people to DOA there devices whilst they work on a fix for it (maybe OTA)?
I just find it hard to believe that I have had 2x devices now and both have suffered different issues that it could always be the hardware. It would have to be seriously bad luck for 2x phones to come with issues down to the hardware; usually when this many people are having problems its a software issue over hardware (isn't it?).
I mean mine is flickering slightly on certain screens or during certain actions, I don't want to DOA a second device just to get this problem again as I really do love the phone. If the flickering can/will be fixed then I am happy to wait for that, but as mentioned before at this rate everyone with be DOA'ing devices just for the sake of it as different devices just seem to have the same and/or similar issues.

I have this problem. What is weird is that if I charge the phone fully the problem disappears until discharge at reaching like 80% where it starts to appear again and gets worst over discharge. I'd like to know if I'm alone. If not there are chances an OTA can solve it as it would be some kind of bad power management of the screen. And we all know our power management has some troubles
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

joplayer said:
I have this problem. What is weird is that if I charge the phone fully the problem disappears until discharge at reaching like 80% where it starts to appear again and gets worst over discharge. I'd like to know if I'm alone. If not there are chances an OTA can solve it as it would be some kind of bad power management of the screen. And we all know our power management has some troubles
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Well I didn't notice it at all today, but I have noticed it when my device got to around 68% battery. Although it could of triggered before but I might not have been on the device. Whilst I was using it from 100% down to 86% everything was running perfectly fine with no flicker at all.
Could it be an app/widget in the background that is causing it? Then again probably not as we would all of had to install that same app/widget so ignore me there (thinking out loud).

It seems a lot of the initial launch day stock have the flicker.
I got mine on the 5th from Phones4U and my phone and some others sold that day have been returned to the same store.
The one I got today is totally flicker free on all colours. The screen seems totally different. It's not as blindingly bright as my original one but of a much better quality.
It may be software related but this would suggest otherwise.

If the thoery of it appearing while battery is going down it could just be some underpowering of the screen. That sounds logical and solvable via OTA.
I don't think any app could do that
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

joplayer said:
If the thoery of it appearing while battery is going down it could just be some underpowering of the screen. That sounds logical and solvable via OTA.
I don't think any app could do that
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
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Yeah it does... As I said thinking back to Macbook/Laptop and the flicker (which had LCD screens) they were sorted via a firmware upgrade as I mentioned; which really would lead me to think OTA could sort it and that HTC are saying to DOA devices simply because they don't have a solution right at this moment in time.

DazNoonan said:
Yeah it does... As I said thinking back to Macbook/Laptop and the flicker (which had LCD screens) they were sorted via a firmware upgrade as I mentioned; which really would lead me to think OTA could sort it and that HTC are saying to DOA devices simply because they don't have a solution right at this moment in time.
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Wasn't aware of this MacBook case. Nice to hear.
As I had some troubles with HTC i can tell you that (at least in France it works this way) their support service is like a different company. There is no communication between them and that is wanted for you not to be able to go far in complains. The people at these support center just read there scripts and know less of the product than we do. They can't be aware of early releases issues this way so for them the only solution is a new device. In the end that is stupid because they loose money and their good reputation
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

joplayer said:
Wasn't aware of this MacBook case. Nice to hear.
As I had some troubles with HTC i can tell you that (at least in France it works this way) their support service is like a different company. There is no communication between them and that is wanted for you not to be able to go far in complains. The people at these support center just read there scripts and know less of the product than we do. They can't be aware of early releases issues this way so for them the only solution is a new device. In the end that is stupid because they loose money and their good reputation
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
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Thats exactly how it happens over here mate; would rather do the quick fix (handset exchange) than worry about the problem as they are reading from a script and probably don't even really understand the problem... By giving you another device they can simply bide time to report the problem to the technical team to work on a resolution.

I get that flicker only at lock screen when the notification lock screen its select it. Other than that none. So I can't use that lockscreen
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[q] autofocus camera problem htc one x!

Hello guys, i have had my HTC one X for about a week now. I found a camera autofocus problem... The camera doesn't have focus.. i don't know if the camera suppose to be like that or there is a problem. I have tried, in the camera settings, to reset the settings to default. But it didn't help.. when i take a picture of a text you cannot read the text. But I tried to take a picture with the same text with my old HTC Wildfire and you can read the text.. HOW CAN THAT BE?!!?!? 5 MP CAMERA BETTER THAN 8 MP thats not normal But please some body help =D Thx guys =)

Frankly, the pixel count is far less relevant than the optics on a phone.
Having said that, the One X does have a mechanical focus. It's not much good for macro shots, but it should focus from 20cm or so; touching the preview where you want it focused should focus it, you should be able to hear the motor.

BenPope said:
Frankly, the pixel count is far less relevant than the optics on a phone.
Having said that, the One X does have a mechanical focus. It's not much good for macro shots, but it should focus from 20cm or so; touching the preview where you want it focused should focus it, you should be able to hear the motor.
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thats right. Clicking on the screen and then hearing a motor or something like that. But the camera doesn't focus... =(!!!!

CaptainReaper said:
thats right. Clicking on the screen and then hearing a motor or something like that. But the camera doesn't focus... =(!!!!
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I have the same problem, everything is blurry and no matter how much clicking you do, and how much of the "motor" you hear, the camera just does not focus.
My camera is also terrible indoors, do you have this problem?

Wilks3y said:
I have the same problem, everything is blurry and no matter how much clicking you do, and how much of the "motor" you hear, the camera just does not focus.
My camera is also terrible indoors, do you have this problem?
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I dont know if it is only indoors... i haven't tried it outdoors and yes it is the same problem =(

No one helping?

If you are trying to take a closeup or macro picture, just hold the phone for a second or two and it will autofocus and then press and hold the screen and it seems to even focus a little better. Let go of the screen and it takes the picture.
I attached a picture of a page from a magazine showing text in indoor light, no flash, nothing special, just hold for a second to let it autofocus, touch the screen for another second or so let go.
The other pictures were outside the other day when I was messing around to see how it compared to my old S2 and Gnex. Same procedure, no settings changed.
It seems to be excellent outdoors in natural light and does a decent job indoors with marginal light.
Running the ViperX ROM 2.7.1 with the HTC camera.

Personaly. I fixed the macro mod focusing probleme, by focusing on something right behind the thing i Want to shoot.
Most of the time, it do the trick.

radeon962 said:
If you are trying to take a closeup or macro picture, just hold the phone for a second or two and it will autofocus and then press and hold the screen and it seems to even focus a little better. Let go of the screen and it takes the picture.
I attached a picture of a page from a magazine showing text in indoor light, no flash, nothing special, just hold for a second to let it autofocus, touch the screen for another second or so let go.
The other pictures were outside the other day when I was messing around to see how it compared to my old S2 and Gnex. Same procedure, no settings changed.
It seems to be excellent outdoors in natural light and does a decent job indoors with marginal light.
Running the ViperX ROM 2.7.1 with the HTC camera.
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Well thats silly, on the advert they whip it out and take photos and they're brilliant, they also jump out of a plane and video it, I can guarantee that if we did that, we'd just see a blur.
I said it was good outdoors, that isnt the issue, its the close ups/indoors photos that suck and the focus doesn't work at all. IMO

radeon962 said:
If you are trying to take a closeup or macro picture, just hold the phone for a second or two and it will autofocus and then press and hold the screen and it seems to even focus a little better. Let go of the screen and it takes the picture.
I attached a picture of a page from a magazine showing text in indoor light, no flash, nothing special, just hold for a second to let it autofocus, touch the screen for another second or so let go.
The other pictures were outside the other day when I was messing around to see how it compared to my old S2 and Gnex. Same procedure, no settings changed.
It seems to be excellent outdoors in natural light and does a decent job indoors with marginal light.
Running the ViperX ROM 2.7.1 with the HTC camera.
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I'm telling you that it wont focus. Even if i touch on the screen. But what ever.. I'll send the phone to repair.. Piece of **** -.-' Thx for helping anyways. I tested two phones. My Old HTC Wildfire and my new One X. The Wildfire gets better picture results. My wildfire has 5 MegaPixel Camera. The One X has 8 MegaPixel. Then I wonder of how my old wildfire can have a better camera? But.. The One X is really nice outdoors. But still.. No focus.. It cannot focus on anything. But when i try to take a picture of a text i wanted to send to my friend so he could read it.. But THE TEXT WONT SHOW UP IN THE PICTUUUUUURRRE =(!!!!

Sounds like a hardware fault, get it fixed. My camera focuses fine
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

Bigleg75 said:
Sounds like a hardware fault, get it fixed. My camera focuses fine
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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Thx guys.. I sent it back to where i bought it from and the told be that they would give me a new =) I have a new one now.. Im not gonna root this one! PROBLEM RESOLVED! Some body, Some admin close this thread !

Troubles with autofocus since ARHD 15
Sorry to post here, I don't have the 10 first posts yet, so I cannot post in the ARHD thread...
I've:
HTC ONE X 32GB white org. 401 WWE Europe
CID: HTC_102
hboot 1.31
CWM 5.8.4.0 touch recovery
ARHD 16
Autofocus of the cam is not working at all since ARHD 15.
I've tried to:
clear Dalvik cache
clear cache
reset factory defaults by: ARHD settings menue, recovery and in hboot too
reinstall hboot 1.31 completely with the firmware.zip methode
reinstall CWM and ARHD after super wipe.
Autofocus is not working at all, it stucks in narrow focus till up about 3ft distance...
I may post sample pictures...

greatestandroidfan said:
hboot 1.31
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Updated to 1.36 and ARHD 17.1, did full wipe in recovery - still no auto focus. Any ideas?

CaptainReaper said:
Hello guys, i have had my HTC one X for about a week now. I found a camera autofocus problem... The camera doesn't have focus.. i don't know if the camera suppose to be like that or there is a problem. I have tried, in the camera settings, to reset the settings to default. But it didn't help.. when i take a picture of a text you cannot read the text. But I tried to take a picture with the same text with my old HTC Wildfire and you can read the text.. HOW CAN THAT BE?!!?!? 5 MP CAMERA BETTER THAN 8 MP thats not normal But please some body help =D Thx guys =)
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Hey guys, I don't know if you solved this problem or not but I had the same issue with my HTC Vivid. I re-flashed the firmware and the camera focused perfectly. It was the weirdest thing, I have no idea what the problem was so I took the shotgun approach. Good luck!!

Ahmad_14 said:
Hey guys, I don't know if you solved this problem or not but I had the same issue with my HTC Vivid. I re-flashed the firmware and the camera focused perfectly. It was the weirdest thing, I have no idea what the problem was so I took the shotgun approach. Goodk!!
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how to resolve the problem? How to re flash the firmware? I have one HTC one x +, but the camera not focus. Help me please. Give me the steps, please.

Go to the correct forum, you guys are bumping threads from December and dont even have a HTC one X !
HTC vivid = wrong forum
HTC one X+ = wrong forum
Go to the correct forum that fits your device

Mr Hofs said:
Go to the correct forum, you guys are bumping threads from December and dont even have a HTC one X !
HTC vivid = wrong forum
HTC one X+ = wrong forum
Go to the correct forum that fits your device
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I only mentioned my HTC Vivid in regards to fixing the One X camera focus issue since the reflash procedure is just about the same. Is that not allowed?

No I don't say its not allowed, but its hard to tell if it harms or helps the phone, because they are completely different....like flashing , the dual-core hox and the international hox....both hox but completely different. And they don't make seperare forum sections for devices for a reason.....that's all

junioremayra said:
how to resolve the problem? How to re flash the firmware? I have one HTC one x +, but the camera not focus. Help me please. Give me the steps, please.
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PM me or check out the HTC One X+ forum. Mr Hofs is right.

Do I have a dead or dying pixel on my M8?

Hey guys, so the other day I noticed a TINY flashing(what I think is a) pixel. It's only visible when I'm on for example the reddit app with the dark theme. It flashes in the middle left side when scrolling up and down. Otherwise, in pixel tests, I can't see it.
What do I have here? Is it dead or on the way? Yes it shows in other apps too, but only in dark themes because it's a small white dot.

I have one that shows when the camera goes from preview back to camera mode. Doesn't show up in tests either. I'd like to know as well. Also, do you think a dead pixel is covered by the 6 month screen replacement?

Bumping for mor3 help..

Bumping again...

Too hard to tell from the explanation. Pictures would help
Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Tapatalk

I haven't noticed this myself so there must be some sort of hardware issue. Isn't the M8 covered for screen problems for 6 months? I'd consider this a screen problem/defect and ask for a replacement if it bothered me.

How to do pixel test ? I am having the same problem as you. I start noticing it after installing venom rom (could be unrelated ofc). What rom do you have ?

SilentHunter316 said:
How to do pixel test ? I am having the same problem as you. I start noticing it after installing venom rom (could be unrelated ofc). What rom do you have ?
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I have the same problem. I realized that what I had after installing AR HD 7.0....This pixel in the corner left top

Red Tint on main camera photos in bright sunlight.

Hi folks, had my S20U since Tuesday and been taking some photos recently and noticed in direct sunlight there some weird red hue/tint at the top of my photos using the main camera, paticularly the top left.
Is anyone experiencing this?
Photos attached.
Wondering if I have a faulty module.
Thanks!

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Have a look there...

xReem said:
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Thanks for highlighting this - seems like quite a few are having this issue. I'll have to exchange it.

xavier2k3 said:
Thanks for highlighting this - seems like quite a few are having this issue. I'll have to exchange it.
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I'm not sure if this is a hardware problem or just software side.. Try turning of scene optimizer, Bixby, and HDR and take the same picture if possible.

xReem said:
I'm not sure if this is a hardware problem or just software side.. Try turning of scene optimizer, Bixby, and HDR and take the same picture if possible.
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I already have tried that and the same issue remains so it definitely seems hardware related. It's only in very bright/sunlit scenes however.

xavier2k3 said:
I already have tried that and the same issue remains so it definitely seems hardware related. It's only in very bright/sunlit scenes however.
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Yea, same with me. Could be still a software related bug or something. I'll wait for an update or a statement from Samsung. If they cant fix it, it's definetly a hardware related problem and I'll return it and get another device / money back.

xavier2k3 said:
I already have tried that and the same issue remains so it definitely seems hardware related. It's only in very bright/sunlit scenes however.
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Try to shoot 2 pics in bright sunlight. One in normal mode and the other one with 108 megapixels.
Since these are different sensors, maybe the issue only appears with the normal sensor.

xReem said:
Try to shoot 2 pics in bright sunlight. One in normal mode and the other one with 108 megapixels.
Since these are different sensors, maybe the issue only appears with the normal sensor.
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https://photos.app.goo.gl/pjFXPEL6fyv1C9u1A
Normal mode photo
https://photos.app.goo.gl/U12bwESCqY9HPJhs8
108mp photo.
Can see that the defect is in the normal mode photo, not the 108mp one. It's also not present in ultra wide, either.
Have you tried replicating also?

Try again, but make sure your fingers are nowhere near the camera. One of my old phones did this and it was my finger being too close to the camera that introduced a red-ish hue to photos in sunlight.

xavier2k3 said:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/pjFXPEL6fyv1C9u1A
Normal mode photo
https://photos.app.goo.gl/U12bwESCqY9HPJhs8
108mp photo.
Can see that the defect is in the normal mode photo, not the 108mp one. It's also not present in ultra wide, either.
Have you tried replicating also?
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Yep, same goes for me. No red tint on the 108 mp photo, but on the other ones.

xavier2k3 said:
Hi folks, had my S20U since Tuesday and been taking some photos recently and noticed in direct sunlight there some weird red hue/tint at the top of my photos using the main camera, paticularly the top left.
Is anyone experiencing this?
Photos attached.
Wondering if I have a faulty module.
Thanks!
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Hi, did the new update solve your problem? You liked my post about the red tint on the german Samsung forum so you saw that the update solve the problem on my side, I hope the same goes for you.

xReem said:
Hi, did the new update solve your problem? You liked my post about the red tint on the german Samsung forum so you saw that the update solve the problem on my side, I hope the same goes for you.
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Hi mate, I'm still waiting for the update to come through in Australia so hopefully that fixes the issue. When I went into the Samsung store they just said that I should wait for an update as there's noting that they could do. Glad it sorted the problem on your side, will report back when I get the update!

xavier2k3 said:
Hi mate, I'm still waiting for the update to come through in Australia so hopefully that fixes the issue. When I went into the Samsung store they just said that I should wait for an update as there's noting that they could do. Glad it sorted the problem on your side, will report back when I get the update!
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I hope you'll get that update soon, waiting for your report.